The article is relevant to software and product development, as well as personal productivity systems.<p>«There are many models for knowledge acquisition: your lamda s, ooda s, etc. I like the Shewhart cycle, so that’s the one I’ll talk about here…»<p>«I skimmed Dave Farleys Economies of Speed presentation and learned a neat extension to that model. Between the steps in the cycle, there are gaps …»<p>«The main point of this article is that if you want to learn more effectively, work in smaller increments.»<p>The article has a neat little model for how, and describes what may go wrong in between the steps of the cycle.